Glass Message Board

  When I bought mine it was in the very early days of ebay, and it was listed as being 12 inches in diameter.
Although it is a really big weight, I was very miffed as I was expecting something the size of a rugby ball.
I'm going to split the tale in two. So I can illustrate.

These big weights in this decor are early pieces. When things were not all standardised and it was an "all hands on deck" sort of set-up, just trying to get the business going and established.
At some point, it was decided to put "signatures" on some of the larger or better pieces, to see if that helped sales. These marks were made mostly by Marie, who worked in the office, or by Eric Dobson, the manager. They do not actually "read" anything in particular.
Here are images of first Marie's mark and second Dobson's mark

Thanks for the reply Sue. Are the Mathey crinkles the same the small tumblers my family had back in the 60s and seventies with maybe half the surface covered with textured surface?
Looking online there was a French vase with similar finish described as sugar frosted  .
Under close inspection the texture seems to very small particles of glass stuck to a clear body.
I will keep looking.
Tim

I just wrote a long reply but it told me there were issues with posting it. I edited to remove an image I suspected of causing trouble, but then everything went haywire and I wasn't allowed to post it, because it told me I already had, but it's not here and it's all lost.

I'll have to come back with my longer illustrated story. But to summarise:-
The paperweight is right, it is Mdina. Early stuff.
It's the mark that is possibly mildly dodgy. But even then, there could be perfectly good reasons for that.

I went to the National Archives and photographed the design registers, just as Paul Stirling has done many times. I've only got partial Sowerby as they did so many registrations and I didn't go through all the books.

Hi , this vase is 25cm in height with an icy windscreen type decoration that could be a fine crackle . It has a subtle three colour mottle effect going on (best seen in the base pic)and has wear on the base that could hint at some age ?Any thoughts ?.Ta